Everyone loves photographing sunrises and sunsets, but it can be harder than you think to get it right. These scenes are often...

If you really want to improve your photography, you need to master the art of telling a story with your photos. In the video below, I share some of my secrets for effective story-telling. The article then delves more deeply into some of these concepts. At the end of the article, I also share a video that is available exclusively for PRO members which demonstrates how I bring story-telling into the digital darkroom. Everyone and everything has a story to tell, and it is your

Slot canyons can be magical places to make photographs. With sculpted sandstone walls glowing with light bouncing down into gloomy...

I recently got back from a three-week photo trip to Norway's Lofoten Islands, home to scenic fjords surrounded by dramatic snow-clad mountains. The weather was often challenging (to say the least), and because of its popularity with photographers, Lofoten can be a difficult place to create original work. In the video below, I share fifteen of my favorite photos from the trip, sharing the techniques I used while making the images, as well as my strategies for dealing with bad

In this video and article, professional nature photographer Ian Plant offers his favorite tips and techniques for taking successful bird...

In this video, I talk with Noah Buchanan from Hunt's Photo about using artificial light for photography. Artificial light is useful for a number of photography types, including night, wildlife, portrait, wedding, and studio photography. We discuss various LED light and flash options. Also included below is a PRO subscriber exclusive video showing me using a portable LED light to illuminate a Parson's chameleon while photographing in Madagascar, and then I share my processin

Fog can add a magical quality to your landscape, wildlife, and travel photographs. In this article, I share several tips for successfully...

Great photography often starts in your head. Inspiration strikes you, beginning with some small seed of an idea. If left untended, it...

Leading lines and vanishing point are two powerful photography composition techniques that can allow you to make compelling photos.

Abstract thinking is the key to making artistic photographs. In this article, pro photographer Ian Plant explains how to train yourself to see potential photo subjects as abstract visual elements, illustrated by several photos taken while photographing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At the end of the article, Ian appears in a video showing his artistic process in the field while photographing fall color and waterfalls along the Presque Isle River, and for PRO subscribers

Landscape photographers often talk about "chasing the light," but I tell people that we should be chasing the clouds instead. Actually, to be more accurate, we should be chasing moisture . Water in the air makes clouds, which can light up with color at sunrise and sunset, as well as rainbows, fog, and morning mist clinging to the surface of a lake (oh, and it makes the lake too). Water reflects the world around us. Water, freshly fallen, saturates the colors of spring and fal

Lens flare results from pointing your lens towards a bright source of light. Direct light striking the glass creates flare in the form of colorful blobs. Although lens flare is often best avoided, you can use flare to make creative and expressive images. In this article, pro photographer Ian Plant shows you how to avoid lens flare, how to use it artistically, how to create a "sunstar" effect, and in a video available to PRO subscribers only, how to remove flare from your pho

In this video tutorial, Ian Plant shares his process from start to finish of a drone photo taken of salt marshes along the mid-Atlantic...

This is a replay of the most recent PRO member exclusive live webinar. This video is available to PRO subscribers only. Regular live...

In this video tutorial, Ian Plant shares his process from start to finish of a photo taken of the Cathedral Spires in Custer State Park,...

In this video, Ian Plant shares some of his favorite wildlife photography tips while on location in Kenya, illustrating the video with...

In this video, Ian Plant takes you into the field with him to Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Follow along with him as he scouts...

In this video tutorial, Ian Plant shares his process from start to finish for a sunset photo taken in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. This video is available to PRO subscribers only. PRO takes you behind the scenes for a closer look at how powerful photographs are made.

In this video tutorial, Ian Plant shares his process from start to finish for a sunset photo taken in the Conata Basin area of Badlands National Park, South Dakota. This video is available to PRO subscribers only. PRO takes you behind the scenes for a closer look at how powerful photographs are made.

In this tutorial, Ian Plant shares some of his favorite techniques that he uses when processing waterfall photos. This video is Part 2 of...

In this tutorial, Ian Plant shares some of his favorite techniques that he uses when processing waterfall photos. This video is Part 1 of a two-part series.

Join Ian Plant as he travels to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to photography waterfalls. In this video, Ian explores and photographs Dead River Falls, and then Miners Falls in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. While doing so, he shares some of his favorite waterfall photography techniques, illustrated by his waterfalls photos taken around the world. This video is available to PRO subscribers only. PRO takes you behind the scenes for a closer look at how powerful photograp

Join Ian Plant as he travels to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to photography waterfalls. In this video, Ian explores and photographs Mosquito Falls in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. While doing so, he shares some of his favorite waterfall photography techniques, illustrated by his waterfalls photos taken around the world. This video is available to PRO subscribers only. PRO takes you behind the scenes for a closer look at how powerful photographs are made.

Join Ian Plant as he travels to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to photography waterfalls. In this video, Ian explores and photographs...